When will Blagojevich actually report to prison?

[Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich will] be ordered to report to prison two to four months after he’s sentenced. This delay is customary. Here are a few representative gaps between sentencing and reporting dates in local trials:

Ryan got an appeal bond that allowed him to stay out of prison pending the results of his first round of appeals and so didn’t actually end up reporting to prison until Nov. 7, 2007, 19 months after his conviction.

*Kelly took his own life in September, 2009

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--I could see him maybe trying to flee the country. Is that too far-fetched?

--I could see him maybe trying to flee the country. Is that too far-fetched?

Posted by: Kip | Monday, August 01, 2011 at 01:45 PM

Are you kidding? Thanks to his very own over-the-top, out-of control media blitz-o-rama that he personally conducted even before his 1st trial, there is absolutely no where on the planet that Blagojevich could go that he wouldn't be recognized on the spot! With the way he exploited himself literally on a worldwide basis, he would even be spotted in the fictional Grand Duchy of Fenwick!

To say he could run but not hide is an understatement the size of Godzilla!

Probably true. I just meant that nothing is beneath him, and he doesn't really seem man-enough to do time for his own criminal conduct that he can't or won't acknowledge. He won't even admit the obvious fact that his behavior was disgraceful, much less criminal. I can see him trying again to run from the retribution he deserves.

The sooner, the better for everyone, I think: for the public who has been ill-served by this elected official...for his children, who have to suffer the loss of their father (regardless of what we think of him, he's the only father they know)...for his wife, who needs to learn how to stand on her own two feet and support her family...and for the media, which has labored overtime on this story.
Let's move on, shall we?

What happened to all the Blago defenders who insisted he was the best thing ever to happen to this state? I thought maybe some of them would come out to say he'll be freed on appeal. Instead, the only prediction that he won't serve time in jail is because they think he'll do a Chris Kelly. How times, or commenters, have changed.

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